Lawn mower



Dec. e, 1927. 1,652,125

A. J. GRE'ER LAWN MOWER Filed April 15. 1926 Inventor g55/6er ttorney Bymmzm Patented Dec. 17927.'4 i

i J. Ganan. or Gamarra, @muessen LAWN' Mownm* i Appiwaizion'lined Aprilia 192e.' `serial No. 103,219.l

` VThe-present invention. relates Atoaglawn mower and has for its prime object to provide a structure possessing superior compactness and convenience and particularly one which provi-des clearance between the drive wheels thereof.

Another very important object of the invention resides in the provision of a device of this/nature with an exceedingly simple` construction, one which is Vthoroughly re- 'liable and eicient in operation, inexpensive to manufacture, strong and durable, not

Y likely to easily become out of order, readily therethrough.

Referring to the drawing in detail, it will be seen that 5 designates .the usual elongated assembled and disassembled, one in vwhich the parts are very accessible, and one which is otherwise well adapted to the purpose for Vwhich it is designed.

With the above and numerous other objects in view as will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in certain novel features of construction, and in the rcombination and arrangement of parts as.

will be 'hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

' In the drawing Figure 1 is a top plan View, certain partsv being broken away, ofthe lawn mower embodying the features of my invention, and

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal handle. I mount on the end of this handle a U-shaped frame or yoke 6k having at its intermediate or bight portion, a pair of spaced ears 7 for receiving therebetween the end of the handle 5. The ears 7 are fastened to the handle 5 by bolts 8 orother suitable fastening elements; The ends of the U- shaped frame or vyoke 6 are offset outwardly to form stub axles 9. A casing 10 is mounted on each stub axle 9jand houses a beveled gear 11k rotatable on said axle 9.V Drive wheels 12 are rotatable on the stub axle`9 and areV fixed Vor formed a part of thebeveled vgears 11. v

A pair ofarms 13 project forwardly from` the casings 10 to be normally disposed substantially horizontal. A second pair of yarms 14 extend forwardly from the casings 10 andY are inclined downwardly, terminating 'in horizontal portions 15 having posts 16 rising therefrom and engaged with the forwardv ends of the arms 13. Thus the arms 13and 14 and the posts 16 form forward side frames.

A pair of bearings 17 are mounted on each arm 13,v one adjacent each end thereof for vertical section rotatably vreceiving a .'shafthlS havinga.

beveled gear or pinion "19 at [one end Inesh-l nigl withi the correspondinggear y11V and an.Y

eccentric 20 at the other end thereof.

A cutter bar 21 is attached to the forward ends of the `side frames, that is at the forward ends of the extensions 15 of arms 14 and liasmounted therein the cutter 22 for rectilinear movement` transverselyV of the lawn mower. Pitman rods 23 are pivotally engaged with the cutter 22 as at 24 and with the eccentric 2O as at 25.

It will thus be seen that when they mower `is pushed by an operator, the wheels 12 impart rotary motion to the shafts 18 through the interniediacy of gears 11y and pinions 19, thereby causing rot-ation of the disks 2O for imparting transverse rectilinear movement to the cutter 22 through the intermediacy of thepitmen 23. A wooden roller` 26 on *shaft 28 is mounted'between tlieside frames,y and for this purpose,` I preferably provide slots 29.in theportions 15 for receiving the ends of the shaft 28.`

It is thought'that the construction, operation, utility, and advantages of this invention-will now be apparentV to those skilled in this'art without a more detailed description thereof. Particular attention is directed to the compactness 'and convenience of the arrangement, it being not-iced that there is considerable clearance providedbetween the wheels 12 as is desirable particularly in`v contrast to the conventional structure .wherein an axle extends between thev tractor orr drive wheels. the invention has beeny disclosed in detail, merely by'way of example, since in actual practice, it attains the-features of advantage enumerated as desirablein the statementk of the invention and the above description.

Numerous changes inthe details of con- The present embodiment of struction, and in the combination and arrangement of parts may be resorted to 'without departing .from the spirit or scope of the invention as hereinafter claimed or sacrificing any of its advantages.`

my invention, what 2 Having thus described I claim as new is A lawn mower of the class described including, in combination, a `U-shaped yoke .having its ends terminating in outwardly disposed off-set stub axles, a pair of s aced parallel ears formed on the'bightor intermediate portion of the yoke, a handle having one end disposed between the ears and fixed thereto, oasings mounted on the stub axles, drive wheels rotatably mounted ony the stub axles exteriorly of the casings, gears rotatably mounted on the axles, fixed to the` drive Wheels and disposed interiorly ofthe sions, posts Connecting the outer eirtremif` ties of the irstarms with the horizontal extensions, bearings mounted on the first arms, shafts, journaled in said bearings and having pinions at their `inner ends meshed n with the gears, and eoeentries at their outer ends, a cutter bar mounted on the said horizontal extensions, a `cutter mounted on the cutter bar for rectilinear movement therein a transversely of the lawn mower, and itmen engaged Wit-hvthe cutter and engage with the eccentrics.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

V ANDREW J. Glenna a 

